Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
The Philippines was up in arms when China used water cannons anew against Filipino vessels in the Scarborough Shoal.
On Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it summoned Chinese Embassy鈥檚 Deputy Chief of Mission Zhou Zhiyong over China鈥檚 harassment of Philippine vessels conducting a routine and regular humanitarian mission to Bajo de Masinloc on April 30.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship that was directly hit by a China Coast Guard (CCG) water cannon sustained over P2 million in damages.
PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo made this confirmation on Thursday, citing the assessment of the captain of BRP Bacagay.
The position of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of not using water cannons in retaliation to China is a prudent move,聽three maritime security experts said on Thursday.
Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, on Wednesday said the humanitarian armed service wants to maintain professionalism in dealing with China Coast Guard despite China鈥檚 latest use of a water cannon, which damaged a Filipino 鈥渨hite ship鈥� in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal.
Hontiveros asks PNP to check the right number of Quiboloy鈥檚 guns: Is it 19?
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to ensure the accurate number of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy鈥檚 firearms.
Speaking at the Senate panel on women鈥檚 hearing on Thursday, Hontiveros mentioned in passing her previous appeal for a 鈥渟horter deadline鈥� for Quiboloy to surrender his guns.
Vhong Navarro, with his shaking voice and tearful eyes, expressed gratitude after the Taguig regional trial court convicted businessman聽聽and model Deniece Cornejo in the聽聽filed by the TV host.
Navarro was visibly high-spirited while singing along to the 鈥淚t鈥檚 Showtime鈥� theme song on Thursday, May 2. He was also the one who greeted the studio audience: 鈥淲hat鈥檚 up, Madlang Pipol!鈥�
Price of LPG down by more than P1 per kilogram
After reducing pump prices on Tuesday, local oil companies slashed the price of cooking gas by up to more than P1 a kilogram or nearly P13 per 11-kg cylinder, effective on May 1.
Petron Corp. implemented a cut of P1.15 per kg or P12.65 per 11-kg cylinder in its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.